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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 20,. 1903.
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" M? hair cams out by the hand
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Mrs.M.D.(foy,r1o,Sale,Uaa.
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tion.' ILMlMH. AO
If yew drantot cannot sapplf yon,
and at M dollar and we wiU esprm
oaebottla. to ton aAdrlrt tha &
of yat raw pnm offce. AddreM.
J. O. AIM CO., LovraU. Mm.
"It's a wise girl who does
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til after she has landed a
husband.
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PROFESSIONAL.
F. A. LINNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N.-C,
Will practice in the courts
of chia and surrounding coun
ties. Prompt attention giv
eo to the collection of claims
and all other business of a le
gal. nature. 6-12
i EDMUND JONES,
LAWYER .
-LENOIR, N. C
WW Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
64. '03,
J, C, FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
bo6ne,n.c. ,
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Careful attention given to
collections.
E. F. LOVILL,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
i aWSpecial attention given
to all business entrusted , to
l his care."
8-23, 1900.
J. W. TODD.
GEO. P. FELL.
TODD & PELL
AT10RNEYSA1 LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice regularly in the
. courts of Watauga. Headquar
teis at Cofiey's Hotel during
court. 5-4-90.
r" E. S. COFFEY,
-AT10RNEY Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
. all matters of a legal nature.
W Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special-
.V 5-23-1900.
Da. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Gancr Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Reyular Coroipondent.
Senator Gorman returned
from Europe la-t week, and,
if the Senator has any presi
dential aspirations, he most
have been much gratified at
the situation as he found it
in this country. When inter
viewed bp the host of news'
paper men who awaited his
coming to Washington, the
Senator was almost as non
committal as usual. He an
peared to be in excellent
health, and the ruddv com
plexion gained at sea gave
him a particularly hale and
hearty appearance. With his
usual affability the Senator
received the representatives
of the press, but managed to
dodge all leading questions
with the adroitness for which
he is famous, He declared
that it was too early to talk
of candidates but added
that the fate ot the demo
cratic party was too impor
tant a matter to permit of
personal considerations. The
next, convention must select
the man capable of leading
the party to victory and a
dopt a platform with but
a single purpose, success. He
difined the issue as tariff res
form, economy in public ad
ministration and honesty in
public office, although he
added that it was impossible
to foretell what another ses
sion of Congress w o u 1 q
bring forth. Senator Gorman
was told that Judge Parker
bad made a trip south and
had proved a disappointment
to the Georgians, at least, in
that; he fkhad talked law to
them ratder than politics,
but the Senator only smiled
and said it was too early to
disenss men, the right man
would appear at the proper
time.
Washington politicians are
taking considerable interest
in the Ohio situation where
Tom Johnson, mayor of
Cleveland, has announced
that be will be a caudidate
for Governor if the party de
sires; It Is generally believed
that lit. Johnson's chief ob
ject is the defeat of Senator
Hanna, and that ho will
lend his support to any oth
er candidate if an apparent
ly stronger man appears in
the arena. The defeat of Sena
tor Hanna is regarded by
eastern democrats as an end
devoutly to be hoped for as
if would result in sadly de
moralizing the republicans
and would pave the way to
democratic victory, remov
ing the head of the most un
desirable element from na
tional polities. It is general
ly appreciated in Washing
ton that most of the corrup
tion in the postoffice Depart.
mentinthe Hanna style of
politics he having, as has
been already told in these let
ters, saddled Perry Heath
when the latter was first as
sistant postmaster general,
with several thousand politi
cal pledges, made to accom
plish his own election to the
Senate and that ot the re
publican candidates for Pres
ident.
On Saturday last, General
Nelson A. Miles, having reach
ed the age limited, 64 years,
retired from his position of
"general commanding the nr
my," and General Samuel B.
M. Young was appointed to
succeed him. This appoint
ment it regarded by General
Miles' friends as a marked ev
idence of the vindictiveness
of Secretary War 1 Root and
the antipathj in which Gen
eral Miles was held by the
President. It was the inten
tion of Congress to confer on
Miles the honor of being the
last officer to fill this place.
th9 new staff law, which went
into effect August the 15th,
ablolishing the position. Gen
eral" Young is absent from
Washington and will not re
turn until after the 15th and
no harm would have been
done by leaving . Gen. - Miles'
former position vacant un
til the new law went into ef
fect but the discrepency of
dates gave Secretary Root
an opportunity to rob the
retiring General of his slight
honor and he promptly .avail
ed himself of it.
It is regarded as somewhat
remarkable that Sec. Root
should have been the design
er of the general staff law,
which, it must be admitted,
corrects the defects in the
military system which made
General Miles' position al
most untenable, but which
also will have the effect of
robbing the Secretary of War
of all opportunity of making
a great name for himself, in
the future. Under the exist
ing law the Secietary of War
and the ten heads cf staff bu
reaus have had all power in
the management of army af
fairs, and the position of
"general commanding" was
an honor' without propor
tionate power. Under the new
law, the ranking general will
be the chief of the staff made
up of these bureau heads and
the staff will be almost su
preme, so that the powers of
the Secretary of War will be
materially curtailed. One of
the virtues of the new law
rests in the fact that in the
future no adjutant general
can, by. systematically seek
ing the favors of the Secreta
ry of War and of the politi
rians, secure the inordinate
power and proportion which
has been acquired by Adju
tant General Corbin. Anoth
er benefit it will result from
the direction of the army by
experienced officers, instead
of by a civilian secretary of
war appointed, usually, for
political reasons and largely
influenced by sycophaLtic
subordinates. Sec. Root will
be accorded great credit by
historians for historians for
his organization and promo
tion of the general staff, oat
he has burned the bridges
behind him and it is difficult
to see how there ran ever be
another great secretary of
war like a Stanton or a Root.
In future, the position will be
decidedly analogus to that
of the 'general commanding'
from which General Miles res
tires. It is also unlikely that
under the new law such men
as General Leonard Wood
wfll be able to gain rapid pro
motion over the heads of
men with far more experi
ence and entitled by long ser
vice to the highest honor?1,
but this applies only to the
principles, for by this very
General Mood is scheduled
to become lieutenant general
and chief of staff, and, be
cause he is now a compara
tively young man, will retain
that position for twelve
years before be reaches the
age of sixtynfnur.
: Reports from Bogota are
causing great anxiety to the
friends ol the Panama Canal.
It upppcars that the railroad
lobby, which has been work
ing in Bagota in the interest
of the transcontinental rail
ways has persuaded the Co
lombians that they must a-
mend the present treaty and
that will mean an entire re
newal of the old right be-,
tween the Panama and Nica
raguan routes in the United
States Senate, Senator Mor
gan is as convinced as ever
that the interests of the Uni
ted States lie in the construe
tion of the canal by the Nica-
rnguan route aud will make a
vigorous right if it is nttemp
ted to accept an amended
treaty.
.. NIGHT WAS HER TORTURB.
"I would cough nearly all night
long" writes Mrs. Charles Apple.
gate; of Alexandria. Indiana, ''and
could hardly get any sleep. I had
consumption so bad that if I walked
a block I would cough frightfully
and spit blood, but when all other
medicine had failed, three $i bottles
of Dr. King's New Discovery whol
ly cured me and I gained 58
pounds," It is absolutely guaran
teed to cure coughs, colds, la grip,
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles. Price 50c. and $1. Trial
bottles free at Blackburn's.
A Pennsylvania school
board, says an exchange,
has decided that a school
principal rtho hogged one of
his pretty, feminine subordi
nates did not commit an act
of immoralit. Apparently this
board was composed ot hu
man bfiogs.
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"The case of a new York
butcher who was choked to
death while eating one of his
own steaks will impress ma
ny beef consumers as a just
retribution."
; BRUTALLY TORTURED,
A case came to light that for per
sistcnt and unmerciful torture has
perhaps never been equalled, Joe
Golobick of Colusa, Calif , writes:
"For fifteen vears I endured insuf
ferable pain from rheumatism and
nothing relieved me though I tried
everything known. I came across
Electric Bitters, and it's the best
medicine ou earth for that troubles
A few bottles of itcompletelv reliev
ed and cured me,." Tust as good for
liver and kidney troubles and gen
eral debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction
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Man proposes, woman dis
poses, and the rest of t h e
world says "I told you so."
Bears tw
Bean tsa m m mu nan wwars
Tlti Kind YOll HaW Always BOI'jflt '
Bryan'sSAbuae of Hii Party.
The following excoriation
of Col. W. J. Bryun, is trom
the New York World:
"When Mr. Bryan in a pub
lie speech refers to the man
whom his party has twice e
lected President as a "bunco
steerer," and declares that
"the Democrats" in 1892
played a confidence game
on the country." he descends
unteaohahle Bourbonism to
indecent buffoonery.
"If the matter concerned
Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bry
an alone there wonld be no
occasion to notice it. The
country has recorded its jndg
ment upon the two men by
twice electing the former to
(he Presidency and by twice
defeating the latter with a
thoroughness that simplv
crushH hit party.
'But. this reiterated charge
of a "betrayal" of Democrat
ic principles in 1892 reflects
upon the honor of the party
and upon the intelligence of
the people. As the World has
heretofore shown the two
paramount pledges in t h e
Democratic national p I a t-
form of 1892 were given in
these words:
"We denouce the Republi
can legislation known aa the
Sherman net of 1890 as a
cowardly makeshift, fraught
with possibilities of danger
to the future, which should
make all its supporters, as
well as its author, anxious
tor its speedy repeal." '
"We denounce the'McKin
ley tariff law as the culmina
ting atrocity of class legisia
tion. and promises its re
peal," '
"President Cleveland called
Congrefls together in extra
dossion and secured a repeal
of the Silver Purchase law
which had already nearly
emntied the Treasury of its
gold and was fast .hastening
the country to a cheap tulver
basis. In doing this he not
only carried out the pledge
of the Democratic platform,
bnt he performed one of tbp
most courageous and oenen
clal acta ever accredited to
an American President. The
Democratic. House under the
guidance of Mr. Cleveland's
closest friends, passed a real
Democratic tariff reform bill,
redeeming the second pledge
of the platform. This bill was
so mutilated in the Senate,
through the machinations of
a little clique ol monopoly-
serving Democrats acting
with the Ronuhlieans, that
Piesident Cleveland permit
ted it to become a law with
out his signature recording
his protest against tne "per
tidy" which has marred it.
"Here again Mr. Cleveland
was bold and right, true to
his convictions and to the
Dledce of his party. The im
partial historian will placf
chief amonir the causes of
Democratic defeat in the elec
tion of 1894 these three: (1 )
The financial panic of 1893
due to a rfoppM-iated curren
cy and 0 deleted Treasury,
both happening under Repub
l:rnn laws and administia
tion; (2) the disgust and an-
ecr of the taJin retorwers ai
the betraval of theircause by
DfmocraticSenatorfl,and(3)
the free silver planks which
hod already begun to appen
in Democratic platforms in
the South and West, presa
ging the lunacy and the par
ty suicide of 1896'. Mr. Dry
an cannot alter history:
J"T TOBACCO SPIT
lJtJ I I ! SMOKE
You can be cored of aor form of tobacco iiitis
easily, be maile well, atrong, magnetic, full of
new life and vieor bv takinz ttO.TO.UAO.
ten pound in ten dajra. Over' S 00,000
1 W and a.! vice 1KEB. Aiitlreu STEfctlNO
iJEMEEY ct Chicago or New York, 437
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I hv M petition to km yaar
FBlack Drwtht Stock and Poultry HU4V
clM and m ptuied to lay that I never
UMd anything for itotk that gave half as
good latlif action. I heartily rtcoav.
! mend It to all owners of dock.
J. B. BELSHER, St UaU, M
Sick stock or poultry should not
eat cheap block food any more than
sick persons should expect to bo
cored pv food. Wbra your stock
aad poultry aro sick give thorn med
icine. Don't stuff thorn with worth;
less stock foods. Unload the bowels
and atir up the torpid liver and the
animal will be cured, if it be possi
ble to cure it. Black-Draught Stock
and Poultry Medicine unloads the
bowels and stirs up the torpid liver,
It cures every malady er stock if
taken in time. Secure a 25-cent can
of Blaok-Draught 8tock and Poultry
Medicine and it will pay for itself ten
times over. Horses wort better. Cows
rive more milk. Uogs jgain flesh.
And hens lay more eggs. It sol ves the
Eroblem of making as much blood,
eah and energy as possible out ot
the smallest amount of food con-
sumod. Buy axan from your dealer.
A Scotchmanj telling the
people of Noedesha, Kansas,
of the difference between their
town and tho old country,
said: "In the town where I
was raised, which is larger
than Neodesha, we had not a
newspaper, a church, a minis
ter, a lawyer nor a doctor I
Ah! we just lived along as
happy as you please with
nothing to bother us."
NO PITY SHOWN.
'For years fate was after me con
tinuously"write8 F. A. QuHedge,
Verbena, Alabama. 4'I had a.terri
ble case of piles, causing 24 tumors.
When all failed Bucklen'a Arnic
Salve cured me. Equally good fof
burns and all aches and paina. Ofi
ly 25c. at M. B. Blackburn's.
'We know, saya the Greens
boro Record, a man who
lives within a roileanda quar
ter of the city who has sold
this year $80 worth of toma
toes from less than an acre
of ground and ho is, not
through with crop yet. The
The same man also told in
the spring $75 worth of tur
nip greens from just half an
acre of ground. Talk about
cotton, it is not in the same
class with tomatoes and such
like.
Tboaeanda Xleve Kidney -Trouble
and Don't Know It
now To riua otit.
Fill a bottle or common glass with yaul,
walerandlet it stand, twoaty-fcur hours;
sediment or aer
lling Indloatss a)
unhealthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; If It stain
your linen It ll
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire t
cm it or oaln In
'" " the back is alt
convincing proof that tho kidneys and blaa
deraroout of order.
What to Do.
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to hold water and scalding pain In passing
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wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many timet
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